The rational way to name rivers

PhilGoetz

I just read this in the Wikipedia article on the Mattaponi River and it really tickled me. If only all language were so rational!

The Mat River and the Ta River join in Spotsylvania County to form the Matta River;

The Po River and the Ni River join in Caroline County to form the Poni River;

The Matta River and the Poni River join in Caroline County to form the Mattaponi River.

I just read this in the Wikipedia article on the Mattaponi River and it really tickled me. If only all language were so rational!

The Mat River and the Ta River join in Spotsylvania County to form the Matta River;

The Po River and the Ni River join in Caroline County to form the Poni River;

The Matta River and the Poni River join in Caroline County to form the Mattaponi River.

You'd like Interlingua then:

Iste non es le problema maxime. Le problema major es que paucos homines parla Esperanto. Io non lo usa desde longe tempore.

(caveat: I do not speak Interlingua at all. This is just what I managed to put together from a grammar handbook and a dictionary)

Had Zamenhof created his language to be more like Interlingua, we might be using this in international communication by today. Compared with Esperanto, it's easier for Romance speakers, but adequately more difficult for the others.

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